In high-stakes meetings or chaotic team moments, the person who stays grounded often becomes the one others follow. And this outcome isn’t about status or rank—it’s biological.
Human groups are wired to seek cues of stability. In uncertain situatio…
Before you hit send on your next email, pause for a minute. If you’re like the average employee, you draft 112 emails a week, spending about five and a half minutes writing each one, according to this survey by Slack. If your messages go ignored or if…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been personally recruiting for a new ‘superintelligence’ group
Including women in corporate boardrooms does more than diversify leadership—recent research shows it can also lead to safer job sites, potentially saving companies from costly safety incidents.
Companies with more women on their boards tend to …
Hello and welcome to a special edition of Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepren…
It’s time to stop being so humble at work. When it comes to forging a career path in a moment that is shaped by increasing flexibility, pervasive layoffs, and less company loyalty than ever, following the old rules and quietly waiting for opportunitie…
As a proud Gen Xer, I remember that most of my college buddies and I had similar aspirations: land a full-time job, hope the hours weren’t too brutal, pay off our loans, maybe buy a car and, one day, a home.
Now, as the CEO of a company with a grow…
Analog Devices CIO Nancy Avila charts a course to value through building trust between the business and IT.
In her latest book, Maggie Smith explores ten carefully selected principles of creativity—including wonder, surprise, play, and hope—that can be applied to the art of writing and living.
Andy Jassy expects the company’s workforce to decline in the next few years.




